雌(め)しべ

めしべ
noun
pistil
plant-flower
1. pistil
The female reproductive organ of a flower, which receives pollen and develops into the fruit or seed. Contrasted with the 雄(お)しべ (stamen), the male part.
花(はな)の雌(め)しべを調(しら)べる。
To examine the pistil of a flower.
雌(め)しべに花粉(かふん)がつくと実(み)ができる。
When pollen reaches the pistil, fruit forms.
理科(りか)の授業(じゅぎょう)で、雄(お)しべと雌(め)しべの違(ちが)いを習(なら)った。
In science class we learned the difference between the stamen and the pistil.

The female reproductive part of a flower, which receives pollen and becomes the fruit or seed. Usually written in kana, or as 雌(め)しべ.

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Related: 雄(お)しべ
Compare: 花粉(かふん) (pollen)
Compare: 花芯(かしん) (center of a flower)
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